AACTA International Award for Best Direction

Best Direction
AACTA International Award
Country Australia
Presented by Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First awarded 2012
Currently held by George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Official website http://www.aacta.org

The AACTA International Award for Best Direction is an award that is presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), to a director of a film made outside Australia. It was first handed out by the Academy after its establishment in 2011 by the Australian Film Institute (AFI).[1] The winners and nominees for 2011 were determined by a jury.[2][3]

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is marked in a separate colour, and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.[3]

2010s

Year Director Film title
2011
(1st)
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn Drive
Martin Scorsese Hugo
J. C. Chandor Margin Call
Lars von Trier Melancholia
Woody Allen Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick The Tree of Life
Lynne Ramsay We Need to Talk About Kevin
2012
(2nd)
David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck Argo
Ang Lee Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg Lincoln
Ben Lewin The Sessions
Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty
2013
(3rd)
Alfonso Cuarón Gravity
Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell American Hustle
Paul Greengrass Captain Phillips
Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby
2014
(4th)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu Birdman
Richard Linklater Boyhood
Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum The Imitation Game
Damien Chazelle Whiplash
2015
(5th)
George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road
Adam McKay The Big Short
Todd Haynes Carol
Ridley Scott The Martian
Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Revenant

See also

References

  1. "AACTA - The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. Maddox, Gary (1 December 2011). "And the winner is ... the AFI". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "AACTA International Award Nominees" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). 15 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

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